Q covered all of these when they first showed up in the game files last year. Having acquired all three of them, I'll get a screenshot of them and their current stats when I'm not in the middle of working a full time job and participating in the Air Raid Tournament all while the County Fair is going on.

That would be "Jerry" if you're looking for the British term for Germans. The Germans called them "Tommies". Americans called the Germans "Krauts" or "Fritz" and called the British "Limies" and the French "Frogs".

Everyone called the Russians "Ivan". Then the cold war came and it was "Russkies" or "Communist B@#$#D@".

Edited by MagusGerhardt, 12 August 2015 - 01:07 AM.

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, Paris, 13 Nov. 1787

I looked through and did not see the Boomerang and the I-16 prototype covered in this thread. Did I miss them?

Possibly. I'll have to go through things here with a fine tooth comb to make sure that I'm not putting in duplicates. Q was very diligent about adding aircraft here when their data was put into the game as opposed to when they were released.

No worries; I have them both and will deliver HD screenshots and full writeups if they are needed.

My larger concern now is that with more stuff being added I have no way to alter the OP posts on page one. If Q is retiring from this permanently I may have to start a new thread, copy the information in here over to that, request the sticky and request that this thread be archived due to obsolescence. I really don't want to do that, though. Q worked hard on this and deserves to keep his name in the spotlight.

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, Paris, 13 Nov. 1787

I think that would be a good idea. Wouldnt hurt to clean things up, maybe add some more relevent info.

Could you explain more what you mean by "more relevant info"? If there's something more to be said about the aircraft that Quesnel didn't cover, I'll do my best to fill in the blanks if I agree it's needed.

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, Paris, 13 Nov. 1787

Could you explain more what you mean by "more relevant info"? If there's something more to be said about the aircraft that Quesnel didn't cover, I'll do my best to fill in the blanks if I agree it's needed.

I didn't mean to make it sound like his info is irrelevant, but a lot of the planes are compared to their free counterparts, which aren't always a good comparison. i know it would take forever to give a full, detailed review of each one, but instead of comparing them to their same nation peers, compare them to their direct competition and/or planes with a similar playstyle. What he has is good. Just needs a few tweaks.

I really like this thread, a lot. I keep coming back to it and finding little hints about the aircraft. One thing that I would like to see, if this thread is recreated, is to have a cropped screenshot of the plane characteristics. Also, suggested specific equipment. I would find both of those very helpful, more helpful than the Global Wiki.

I really like this thread, a lot. I keep coming back to it and finding little hints about the aircraft. One thing that I would like to see, if this thread is recreated, is to have a cropped screenshot of the plane characteristics. Also, suggested specific equipment. I would find both of those very helpful, more helpful than the Global Wiki.

That would be useful. That said, it would also be a fair bit of work to list all the recommended equipment or loadout for a particular plane. This may be a bit beyond the scope of this thread.

However, should something stick out to you, start a thread about the aircraft in question. There are lots of people willing to help out or share their experiences with each aircraft. You're more likely to get an in depth description of the aircraft that way.

That would be useful. That said, it would also be a fair bit of work to list all the recommended equipment or loadout for a particular plane. This may be a bit beyond the scope of this thread.

However, should something stick out to you, start a thread about the aircraft in question. There are lots of people willing to help out or share their experiences with each aircraft. You're more likely to get an in depth description of the aircraft that way.

Indeed. And with even more aircraft coming down the pipeline now the variations dependent upon pilot wants/needs are only going to become more divergent.

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, Paris, 13 Nov. 1787

the cheater planes ruined the game...in reality the fastest prop plane ever produced was a russian bomber in the 1950's that attained a speed of 575 mph.....most of the cheater planes in this game exceed actual capability.....amd the map ceiling of 4000 feet is nowhere close to any real actual aviation capability as even some of the world war I planes would hit the 13000 feet oxygen ceiling

the cheater planes ruined the game...in reality the fastest prop plane ever produced was a russian bomber in the 1950's that attained a speed of 575 mph.....most of the cheater planes in this game exceed actual capability.....amd the map ceiling of 4000 feet is nowhere close to any real actual aviation capability as even some of the world war I planes would hit the 13000 feet oxygen ceiling

First: Wrong thread.

Second: Links? Proof? The fastest prop plane was the F-84H, which was an F-84 which used a prop. A Tupolev has the "official" distinction.